Cap-crown support



Patente ar. 4, i251;

Nil STT CHARLES J'. HOLZENTEALER, or NEW YORK, N. Y'.

CAP-CROWN SUPPORT.

Application filed November 21, 1923. Serial No. 676,056.

To all ywhom t may concern.'

Be it known that I, CHARLES J. HOLZEN- THALER, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at N ew York, in the county and State of N ew York,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cap-Crown Supports,of which the following is a full, clear, and exact specification.

Thisinvention relates to caps of the type usually worn by .military andpolice oliicers, and has for its object to provide improved means forsupporting the crowns of such caps in properly stretched position.

The tops or crowns of caps of this kind are usually made fiat anddisposed at an upwardly and forwardly inclined angle with respect to thehead-engaging rim or edge thereof. Said tops or crowns are also madesomewhat larger than the head-engaging rims or edges of the caps, andmeans are employed for stretching said crowns or tops and retaining themin taut or stretched position.

The present invention contemplatestheuse of rigid supporting means forthe front portions of the crowns of caps of the character described.Said supporting means serve as a prop for holding the front peaks of thecrowns of the caps in properly raised positions, and also serve tosupport the stretching means or rings up against the crowns of the capswhere they are best able to give the desired taut or drum-like effectthereto. The supporting means referred to are also adapted to havesecured thereto the insignia usually displayed on the fronts of suchcaps, said insignia being clamped to said supporting means in such amanner that the former also aids in holding the front portions of thecaps in the desired tightly stretched condition.

The invention will be first hereinafter described in connection with theaccompanying drawings, which constitute part of this specification, andthen more specifically delined in the claims at the end of thedescription.

In the accompanying drawings, wherein similar reference characters areused to designate corresponding parts throughout the several viewsFigure 1 is a side view of a cap constructed substantially in accordancewith this invention.

Figure 2 is a vertical section thereof taken from front to back.

in dotted lines, and

Figure 4 is a detailed view of said sup-v porting member. l

rfhe cap has its flared crown 1' terminating in the reducedhead-engaging rim or edge 2 which is fitted with the usual sweatband 3.Said crown has a stiffening lining 4 which also extends down within theheadengaging rim of the cap where it is overlapped by the sweat-band. Inthe top of the cap there are arranged two stiffening rings or hoops 5and 6 of wire or other suitable material.` The upper one of said rings 5is preferably the flat top of the crown of the cap, while the lower ring6 is put in independently of the ring 5 so that its resiliency is notimpaired and it may, therefore, act freely to stretch the top of thecrown and maintain the same in the desired drum-like condition.

A supporting member 7 of metal or other rigid material is arrangedinside the front portion of the crown of the cap, and has a verticallower end portion 8 extending down under the sweat-band 3, a forwardlyand 11pwardly inclined portion 9 extending along the front flaredportion of the ,crown of the cap, and curved or hook-shaped upper endportions 10 extending into the front peak of the crown and embracing thestretching wires 5 and 6. The lower end portion 8 of the supportingmember 7 is preferably perforated at 11 so that it may be convenientlysecured to the inside of the cap by stitching. The intermediate portion9 of said supporting device 7 has a notch 12 formed therein andextending downward from the upper end of said device, so that said notchin effect produces two spaced apart hooked portions 10 at the upper endof said supporting device. These hook-shaped upper ends 10 embrace thetightening wires 5 and 6, as already explained, and hold them in properposition so that they will maintain the top of the crown with thedesired drum-like tautness. The insignia 13 has a rearwardly extendingscrew 14 secured thereto and adapted to pass through the front portionof the cap and the notch 12 in the supporting member 7. A nut 15 isapplied to the inner end of the screw 14 for drawing the insigniatightly up against the front of the crown of the cap, and when said nutis tightened, as shown in Figure 27 the front portion of the sewed tothe under surface of crown is clamped firmly between said insignia andthe intermediate portion 9 of the supporting member 7, so lthat saidinsignia aids in supporting the iront portion of the crown in properposition.

The outer covering material 16 of the cap may be made of any suitablematerial or cloth, and the cap may be fitted with a visor 17 and chinstrap 18, the latter being secured as usual to buttons 1 9 Vfastened toopposite sides 'o the cap. Ventilating open ings 2O may also be orinedin the side portions of the crown of the cap, as shown in Figures 1 and2Q 1 claim:

1`. 1n 'a cap or' the character described, the combination with a crownof flexible ma teriai, orda rigid supporting member arranged inside ofthe front portion of said crown, an vinsignia plate on the outside ofsaid ront portion of the crown, and means for clamping said insigniaplate to said sup-v porting member.

2. In a cap of the character described, the combination with a crown offlexible maferial, of a rigid supporting member arnieuwe ranged insideof the `front portion of said crown, an insignia plate on the outside ofsaid front portion oi' the crown, said sup porting member having a notchtherein, and a clamping screw on said insignia plate ez.- teiidingthrough said notch for the purpose specified.

3. In a cap of the character described, the combination with a crown ofiiexible material, or' a stretching ring arranged in the top ct saidcrown, a rigid supporting member .arranged inside of the 'iront of thecrown and having `a notch in its upper end portion, and an insigniaplate mounted on the outside or the iront of the crown and havingclamping means extending through said notch in the supporting member,and spaced hook-shaped portions at opposite sides oif the notch at theupper end or' said.V supporting member for embracing said stretchingring and holding the same in proper position.

1n testimony whereof l have signed my naine to this specification.

CHARLES J. HGLZENTHALER.

